Nunc est bibendum Domine [Now is the time for drinking] Portrait of Joseph Groves, Under Butler of Oriel College, Oxford
Printmaker: Loder, Robert (printmaker)
Etching on paper. Oval. A three-quarter-length portrait of a middle-aged gentleman facing front with head turned towards the right. He wears a wig and holds a brimmed hat in his right hand. His coat is buttoned up to the neck with a necktie tucked in at the top. A densely hatched background with a deal of surface tone. Etched onto the plate along the edge of the oval at lower left: 'R.t Loder Oxford'. A latin inscription engraved on the plate below: 'Nunc est bibendum Domine'. A portrait of Joseph Groves, Under Butler of Oriel College, Oxford. See Royal Collection, RCIN 655554.
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Height 209mm (plate) x width 151mm (plate)
Accession number: P.14886-R
Primary reference Number: 225497
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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